Mark Scherzer

Mark Scherzer has advocated on behalf of consumers, policyholders, and employees to secure their rights to health, life and disability insurance benefits for nearly 30 years. He has served as Legislative Counsel to New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage, a coalition of voluntary health organizations advocating for insurance reform at the state level, for over 15 years. In that capacity, he advocated for passage of the 1992 Community Rating Law, the 1995 Point of Service Law, and other legislation protecting consumer rights, including legislation regarding rare disease coverage and dependent health insurance coverage passed and signed into law 2009. He has served on several public commissions to develop or implement insurance reforms in New York and has written and spoken widely about access to insurance coverage and benefits.

In 1992 Mr. Scherzer was awarded Lambda Legal Defense's Liberty Award for his work on groundbreaking insurance cases involving HIV/AIDS, and in 1994 POZ Magazine named him one of the 50 most influential AIDS policymakers in the country. He is a member of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Insurance Task Force, has served as a mentor and trainer in the Cancer Advocacy Project of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Robert B. McKay Community Outreach Law Program, and as co-chair of the Consumer and Patient Rights Committee of the Health Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.

• 1 Long Term Disability Claims
• 2 Health Insurance Claims
• 3 Disability Income Insurance Claims
• 4 Business Overhead Expense Insurance Claims
• 5 Life Insurance and Disability Premium Waiver Claims

• 6 ERISA & Employee Benefit Claims
• 7 Life, Health and Disability Insurance Claims
• 8 COBRA Continuation Health Insurance

New York

Since 1979

Law Office of Mark Scherzer

1990 - Current

partner

Scherzer & Palella

1984 - 1990

sole practicioner

Law Office of Mark Scherzer

1980 - 1984

Associate

Botein, Hays, Sklar & Herzberg

1978 - 1980

Yale Law School

J.D.

1975 - 1978

University of Chicago

M.A. | Anthropology

1973 - 1975

Haverford College

B.A. (1973) | Anthropology, Religion

1969 - 1973

Honors: Magna Cum Laude, High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Certificate of Appreciation

American Bar Association, Commission on Women in the Profession Breast Cancer Initiative

2002

POZ 50: Most Influential AIDS Policymakers

POZ Magazine

1994

Outstanding Service Award

Cancer Care

1993

Jay C. Lipner Liberty Award

Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund

1992

Community Service Award

Lesbian & Gay Law Association of Greater New York

1992

New York State Bar  # 1604107

Member

1979 - Current

Sexual Orientation and the Law, Chapter 16: Insurance and AIDS

Thomson-West

2008

AIDS and the Law, Chapter 12: Private Insurance

Aspen Publishers

1997

AIDS Legal Guide

Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund

1984